New HBO Max TV Shows and Movies in December 2025

What HBO Max doesn't have in new TV premieres this December it makes up for with all the films it has on the schedule. One of the best movies of the year, Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another, will hit the streaming service, along with a host of documentaries — including the well-reviewed It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley; A24's Architecton; and the children's music spotlight Happy and You Know It. 

If you're looking for something a little less serious, a pair of legacy sequels to beloved comedies, The Family McMullen and Rob Reiner's Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, premiere in December as well. And there's always the first-ever stand-up special from Saturday Night Live's Sarah Sherman, premiering midway through the month.

Below, we pulled together our picks for the month, plus a list of everything coming to HBO Max in December.

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The best new HBO Max movies and shows in December

HBO Max streams all HBO shows and movies when they debut on HBO. But not all shows and movies on HBO Max make it to HBO. We'll designate HBO Max exclusives where appropriate.

It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley (Dec. 4, HBO)

Directed by Amy Berg, this documentary delves into the life and premature death of musician Jeff Buckley, examining the impact his only album, Grace, had on music history. The film was well-received by critics when it premiered at Sundance earlier this year. [Trailer]

Sarah Squirm: Live + In the Flesh (Dec. 12, HBO)

If you're already familiar with Saturday Night Live's Sarah Sherman, you probably know about her alter ego, Sarah Squirm. If you don't, well, now — which is to say, ahead of her first stand-up special — is the time to familiarize yourself with her distinct brand of gross-out comedy. [Trailer]

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues (Dec. 12, HBO)

In 1984, Rob Reiner's seminal mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap introduced the greater culture to the fictional heavy-metal band Spinal Tap. Because nothing is ever really over in the 2020s, Spinal Tap II follows Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest), David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean), and Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer) as they get the band back together for one last concert. Crank it up to 11! [Trailer]

One Battle After Another (Dec. 19, HBO Max)

Oscar frontrunner and Golden Globes nominations leader One Battle After Another hits streaming just in time for movie awards voters to give it a watch. Leonardo DiCaprio stars in the Paul Thomas Anderson-directed black comedy thriller as a former revolutionary who takes on an old nemesis (Sean Penn) after his daughter (Chase Infiniti) goes missing. [Trailer]

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All the new shows and movies coming to HBO Max in December

December 1
90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After: Pillow Talk, Season 9 (TLC)
Adult Swim Yule Log (Adult Swim)
Adult Swim Yule Log 2: Branchin' Out (Adult Swim)
Atomic Blonde
Battle of the Sexes
Bright Leaf
Christmas with the Kranks
Dames
DeLorean
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
Girls Trip
Gunsmoke in Tucson
Hidden Figures
I'll See You in My Dreams (1952)
Illegal
Jim Thorpe: All-American
Jimmy the Gent
Key Largo
Kid Galahad
Larceny Inc.
Law of the Badlands
Little Caesar
Liz and the Blue Bird
Lu Over the Wall
Mad Men, Seasons 1-7
Mandalay
Millennium Actress
Mind Game
Miss Congeniality
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Mission to Moscow
My Dream is Yours
Ne Zha
Night and Day
Paul Anka: His Way (HBO Original)
Perfect Blue
Pierrot le fou
Racket Busters
Riffraff
Romance on the High Seas
Santa Fe Trail
Shin Godzilla (GKIDS)
Shining Victory
Shoeshine
Sing and Like It
Song of My City
Summer Wars
Table 19
Taking Woodstock
The Color Purple (1985)
The Colors Within
The Damned Don't Cry
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
The Goonies
The Matrimonial Bed
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
The Sea Wolf (1941)
The Seventh Victim
The Shop Around the Corner
They Won't Believe Me
Tiny Furniture
Trouble Along the Way
Walk Softly, Stranger
Walk the Dark Street
Wedding Crashers
Wilson
Wolf Children
X-Men First Class

December 2
Capital One MLB Open
Chopped: Volume 4, Season 63 (Food Network)
Hard Knocks: In Season with the NFC East (HBO Original)
New Orleans: Soul of a City (CNN Original Series)
"The Hidden Homeless," The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper (CNN Original)

December 3
Fixer to Fabulous, Season 7 (HGTV)

December 4
About Face, Season 1 (TLC)
Architecton (A24)
Cheap A$$ Beach Houses, Season 1 (HGTV)
Dunkman, Season 1
Dylan's Playtime Adventures, Season 1D (Max Original)
It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley (HBO Original)

December 5
Batwheels, Season 3A (Cartoon Network)
House Hunters International: Volume 9, Season 205 (HGTV)
House Hunters: Volume 10, Season 247 (HGTV)
The Family McMullen (2025)

December 7
The Christmas Showdown (OWN)

December 8
90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days, Season 8 (TLC)

December 9
Bugs Bunny Builders, Season 2I (Cartoon Network)
Fixer Upper: Colorado Mountain House (Magnolia Network)

December 11
Wizkid: Long Live Lagos (HBO Original)

December 12
Sarah Squirm: Live + In the Flesh (HBO Original)
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
Stolen Children (HBO Original)
This Is Spinal Tap

December 13
Vantara: Sanctuary Stories, Season 1 (Animal Planet)

December 14
Toad and Friends, Season 1D
Very Merry Mystery (OWN)

December 15
Assassination in the Valley of the Kings (Discovery)
The Bold Type, Seasons 1-5
Tony Shalhoub Breaking Bread (CNN Original Series)
Truck U, Season 21
White House Christmas (HGTV)

December 16
The Secrets We Bury (ID)
"MisinfoNation: White Genocide," The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper (CNN Original)

December 17
Obsession: The Murder of a Beauty Queen (HBO Original)

December 18
Counting Crows: Have You Seen Me Lately? (HBO Original)
Saving Yellowstone with Dennis Quaid, Season 1 (Animal Planet)

December 19
House Hunters: Volume 10, Season 248 (HGTV)
One Battle After Another
Teen Titans Go!, Season 9F (Cartoon Network)

December 20
Adult Swim's The Elephant (Adult Swim)

December 21
Secrets in the Sand, Season 2 (Science)

December 22
Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires (2025)
The Last Captains, Season 1 (Discovery)

December 23
"The Exorcists," The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper (CNN Original)

December 24
Guy's Grocery Games, Season 40 (Food Network)
Ne Zha II (A24)

December 25
Happy And You Know It (HBO Original)

December 26
Heaven (HBO Original)

December 27
Junk or Jackpot?, Season 1 (HGTV)

December 28
Home Reimagined, Season 1B (Magnolia Network)
My Pet Ate What!?, Season 1 (Animal Planet)

December 29
Celebrity IOU, Season 11 (HGTV)
Two Guys Garage, Season 24

December 31
Building Outside the Lines, Season 3 (Magnolia Network)